Federal court hears arguments on future of Enbridge Line 5 case [Video]

CINCINNATI, Ohio — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel traveled to Cincinnati on Thursday to argue before the 6th Circuit Court regarding the future of her lawsuit against Canadian-based Enbridge, which operates the controversial Line 5 pipeline.

Nessel is arguing to have the case brought back to state court, after a previous ruling upheld the removal of the case to federal court.

“It’s a matter of the basic principles of state sovereignty, and federalism, you know, which are some pretty important points to jurisprudence,” Nessel told 13 ON YOUR SIDE ahead of Thursday’s hearing. “But in addition to that, we’ve already been having this case heard in state court. We had motions for summary disposition that were on the table, had already been …